Archive for March, 2007
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
GUYANA’S first temporary live-in care facility for People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) was opened yesterday by Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, but its location is being kept secret to bar against stigma and discrimination.
The facility was made possible through collaboration by AIDSRelief, the governments of Guyana and ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
If HIV and AIDS were a cricket team competing in Cricket World Cup 2007, South Africa would give it a sound thrashing, according to former Test cricketer Jonty Rhodes who said the key is to study the opponent, do the necessary research and execute as planned.
South ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Dear Editor,
HIV/AIDS is surely the most central subject in the agenda of all the various groups represented in Guyana today. It is a concern that transcends all boundaries and it is continuing its deadly march around the world. Permit me to startle us for a minute ...
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Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
At the end of last year there were some 1,600 persons on anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment in Guyana with 800 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) being served by the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) OVC programme.
According to the PEPFAR report compiled for the 15 PEPFAR ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Dear Editor,
Because I am a health care worker, I have developed a propensity for extracting any article in the newspaper that pertains to HIV/AIDS. Hence, last week for some esoteric reason, I was going through an assortment of articles which I have accumulated so far, and stumbled ...
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Saturday, March 10th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Three young people have come together to be the voices and creative talent behind a song and video that form a major part of an HIV and AIDS campaign that champions abstinence and faithfulness to one's married partner.
The song, "The Way You Used To Love Me", ...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Source: Stabroek News
Top cricketers are to feature in a series of public service announcements (PSA) highlighting the plight of children and young people living with and affected by HIV. The messages would be aired in the run-up to and during the Cricket World Cup season.
This is being done ...
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) will join with UNAIDS, United Nations Children’s FUND (UNICEF) and the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership (CBMP) on HIV/AIDS, during Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, to highlight the situation of children and young people living with and affected by the disease.
The joint venture ...
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Source: Guyana Chronicle
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) has dedicated Cricket World Cup 2007 to the global campaign ‘Unite for Children, Unite for AIDS’, and will today officially launch its partnership with several leading international organizations to promote the drive.
The launching of the ICC partnership with UNAIDS, UNICEF and the ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Source: Stabroek News , 2nd, March 2007
Representatives from the three major religions have joined forces with two non-governmental organisations and a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded group to promote abstinence as a means of staving off HIV/AIDS.
On Wednesday the group, which comprises representatives from the Christian - ...
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